Alan Fairley: August 2024
During the early part of the 1970s there was a popular saying within the music industry-‘If you want to be successful, open the show for Mott the Hoople.’This philosophy was largely based on the experiences of two hitherto unheralded British bands who had latched onto the coattails of Mott’s ever increasing popularity around that time and who supported them on their UK…
Well, I'm glad ya' asked! M' favorite changes from time t' time, but I'd say right now it's Buckwheat Zydeco! His music's got such a fun jaunt t' it, y' can't help but bounce along!
hometown blues // a century of sounds about and out of new orleans for louis de pointe du lac to throw out and then dig out of the trash ten minutes later
01. wolverine blues jelly roll morton (1923) 02. out of nowhere king oliver (1926) 03. basin street blues louis armstrong (1928) 04. new orleans hop scop blues bessie smith (1930) 05. i’m putting all my eggs in one basket the boswell sisters (1932) 06. on the sunny side of the street louis armstrong (1934) 07. you always hurt the one you love bunk johnson (1944) 08. do you know what it means to miss new orleans? billie holiday (1947) 09. tipitina professor longhair (1953) 10. summertime / sometimes i feel like a motherless child mahalia jackson (1956) 11. bourbon street blues louis prima (1959) 12. walking to new orleans fats domino (1960) 13. pagan love song sweet emma barrett (1963) 14. big chief professor longhair (1964) 15. second line duke ellington (1970) 16. soul sister allen toussaint (1972) 17. what’cha say the meters (1974) 18. put out the light james booker (1976) 19. night people lee dorsey (1978) 20. brother john / iko iko the neville brothers (1981) 21. st. louis blues preservation hall jazz band (1982) 22. ma tit fille buckwheat zydeco (1987) 23. and the band played on wynton marsalis (1993) 24. spaceship relationship dr. john (1994) 25. i’ll be glad when you’re dead treme brass band (1995) 26. way down yonder in new orleans harry connick, jr (2001) 27. treme song john boutté (2003) 28. crazy bout my boifriend sissy nobby (2010) 29. dangerous big freedia (2014) 30. american tune allen toussaint (2016) 31. it ain’t no use trombone shorty (2017) 32. movement 11’ jon batiste (2021) 33. communion in my cup tank and the bangas, the ton3s (2022)